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Yard Life Festival

Held on 5th May Yard Life is a new music, style and arts festival taking place at the St John at Hackney, London. The not for profit, invite only festival has a fantastic line-up including the likes of Pete Doherty and DJ Rory Philips with 100% of proceeds going to Multiple Sclerosis Research. 

The festival is held over a main stage, an acoustic stage (in the gardens) a DJ room, a vintage market and art installations. For a full line-up of artists performing see below...

To get your ticket enter your details HERE, then make a donation HERE.

The Man Behind Gig Posters: Ink & Paper by Luke Drozd

The Artist Luke Drozd has been making and selling screen-printed posters since around 2005 and has exhibited them internationally in shows around the world. Check out an interview HERE where TOPMAN GENERATION get to know the man himself. 

Sony World Photography Awards

Marking the 5th anniversary of the Sony World Photography Awards a selection of winners and runners-up will be on display from a range of categories (Professional, Open, Student Focus, Moving Image, 3D and Outstanding Contribution to Photography) in exhibition starting 27th April. Check out a few of our favourites...

Source: YinnYang

For more info head HERE.

Flying Babies by Rachel Hulin

Check out these series of photographs we came across from photographer Rachel Hulin entitled Flying Babies. We wouldn't recommend trying this at home...

Source: Esquire

Zidane's Infamous World Cup Headbutt Immortalized by Adel Abdessemed

Football fans around the world will never forget Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt during the 2006 World Cup. Algerian sculptor Adel Abdessemed decided to immortalize the moment, which turned out to be one of the most dramatic sports events of the decade. Recently shown at the David Zwirner gallery in New York, what do you think of it?

Source: My Modern Met

Thomas Lohr - What Makes a Professional Photo?

Thomas Lohr is a photographer who has made a name for himself shooting fashion and editorial spreads for a number of the coolest and most stylish international magazines including: Fantastic Man, i-D and a long list of fashion brands. Head over to TOPMAN GENERATION to get to know the elusive photographer in greater detail...

Lego Imagine - Cartoon Characters by Jung von Matt Hamburg

'Imagine' is the slogan of a new ad campaign from Lego whereby Jung von Matt Hamburg recreated famous cartoon characters in a minimalist way, through the use of Lego bricks. Took a second to understand them but turn out pretty cool...

South Park

The Simpsons

Ninja Turtles

Source: Media Engine

Ozwald Boateng: A Man's Story

Ozwald Boateng is one of the fashions brightest stars, and is world-renowned for his trademark twist on classic British tailoring. For the last 12 years he has been shadowed in his every move by the documentary maker Varon Bonicos capturing the designers highs and lows. Examples of this can be seen in an excerpt from A Man's Story below...

For the full story head over to TOPMAN GENERATION.

New Bond Girl: Bérénice Marlohe

There’s a few things that James Bond movies produce: memorable one-liners, unique villains and beautiful Bond girls. This time around, we see French model/actress Bérénice Marlohe take the reins as she makes her appearance in Skyfall. Skyfall is the 23rd installment in the James Bond 007 series and it will be released this Winter. But for now take a look at the new Bond girl below...

Source: GQ

For more photos head HERE.

Instaprint - The Location Based Photo Booth for Instagram

A small New York-based company, BREAKFAST, is setting out to take their Instaprint device from a prototype to actual consumer product. Here is some info about the Instaprint and what it does:

"Instaprint is a location based photo booth that can transform parties and events by putting a camera in everyone’s hand. By setting Instaprint to look out for specific locations or hashtags, any Instagram tagged appropriately will automatically be printed out on inkless paper."

Pretty cool if you ask us! Check it out in action below...